Reflecting on the Past... Celebrating the Present This 55th year history book is dedicated to past and present members of the UMOS Board of Directors and past and present UMOS staff who have been devoted to providing programs and services to help improve the employment, educational, health and housing opportunities for migrant farmworkers and other underserved populations. This book is also dedicated to the many lives touched over the past fifty-five years. 2020 board of directors

Ben Obregon Board Chair July, 2020 Maria Watts Vice Chair UMOS is proud to celebrate 55 years of service to the community. Nedda Avila Secretary Although our original geographical community started in Waukesha, in 1965 and spread to other communities statewide, our community has since expanded into other states: Julio Guix Treasurer Arkansas, Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, and . Marisela Galaviz Parliamentarian However, our dedication to meeting the needs of those we serve has not changed. Our Jan Banicki Member of Executive Committee devotion to meeting the performance standards of funding sources, also, has not changed. We take pride in meeting the needs of our clients and customers while meeting and Joe Villmow Member of Executive Committee exceeding the expectations of our funding sources. Board Members Jose Carrillo We continue to be proud of the positive impacts made on the lives of the hundreds of Cesar Sotelo thousands of individuals and families we have served over the years, and we are gratified to see so many have gone on to make positive impacts in the communities where they live, work Cynthia Galvan and raise their families. Kevin Magee We hope you find this historical book on UMOS of interest. Silvia Perez We also hope you will continue to support UMOS and our mission as we continue to dedicate ourselves to Building Better Futures® for those we are privileged to serve. Guadalupe “Wally” Rendon Jose Ruano Maria Borda- Weisner Jorge Delgado Michael Milam

UMOS is a nonprofit, advocacy organization that provides programs and services which improve the employment, educational, health and housing opportunities of under-served populations. Ben Obregon Lupe Martinez UMOS Board Chair President and Chief Executive Officer

2 3 1965 1966 1967 1968 the United Migrant Opportunity Services, Inc. is formed on March 25, 1965 q umos sends a bus-load of supporters to washington for the poor people’s march q

Representatives from the various A Board is organized comprised of Derived from these beginnings, the UMOS is awarded an additional The Office of Economic Opportunity UMOS purchases a building at 809 W. ecumenical groups meet frequently nine representatives – three from the history of the UMOS organization begins. $1,010,361 from the Office of Economic provides $1.2 million in funding and Greenfield Avenue in Milwaukee and as they work toward the development Wisconsin Council of Churches, three The Reverend Ralph Maschmeier serves Opportunity and the service area UMOS’ target area for the day care moves from its Waukesha office. The new of an organization in Wisconsin that from the Episcopal Church and three as the interim director of the organization is expanded to 12 counties. Adult program expands to seventeen counties. building houses both administration and will be dedicated to the betterment of from the Roman Catholic Church. while a search for an executive director is education is provided in nine different the Milwaukee day care program site. migrant farmworkers. As differences are Representatives to the Board include conducted; Frank communities and the day care program A center on Milwaukee’s near south set aside, a structure evolves, and the the three incorporators who represent A. Mueller is hired. expands. side has adult basic education classes A national Poor Peoples’ March to United Migrant Opportunity Services, Inc. the Milwaukee, Fond du Lac, Madison available for migrant farmworkers who Washington is organized as part of the is formed on March 25, 1965. Gladys and Racine-Kenosha area. Included Office of Economic Opportunity funds There are nine summer day care sites have decided to relocate in Milwaukee. civil rights movement headed by Dr. Zophy, the Rev. Ray A.F. McDaniel on the Board are the former Father are awarded for four day care centers operating, five that continue into the fall Martin Luther King and UMOS is actively and Carlos Perez-Pena sign the John Maurice, from the Council for the operating from July to September. and four that are opened in the spring. involved, sending a bus full of staff, incorporation papers of the organization. Spanish Speaking, who is chosen as the Migrant farmworkers in Wisconsin William Kruse becomes the second students and volunteers to Washington. UMOS becomes one of the first (and first Chairperson of the UMOS Board of are earning an average of $1,737 per Executive Director of UMOS. currently the oldest) migrant farmworker Directors along with the Reverend Ralph year during this time. UMOS opens In Wautoma, a march to Madison is organizations in the nation. Maschmeier, Genevieve Medina, Arthur its first office in Waukesha where the organized. Migrant farmworkers demand Kastensen, Susan Simmonds, Dr. William administrative offices are located. access to public washrooms in the Mudge and Bishop Jerome Hastrich. fields in Wautoma, minimum wages, better housing, enforcement of workers’ compensation laws and representation on the Governor’s Committee on Migratory Labor.

4 5 1969 1970 1971 the philosophy of the organization changes to self-help and advocacy q migrant housing is a serious problem and better conditions are demanded

Controversy begins over UMOS’ Federal funds are again reduced and the Jesus Salas resigns as Executive Director UMOS organizes a nine-day march to • To appoint one representative of each • To distribute information and brochures program services and its administrative funding level in this year is $700,000. and Salvador Sanchez, the former Field Madison from Milwaukee to demand UMOS center as a deputy, giving them in Spanish on workers compensation leadership. Five top level administrators The Southeastern Wisconsin Housing Operations Coordinator becomes the new abolishment of the trespass law which authorization to enter and inspect and unemployment laws in Wisconsin. seek a job contract from the UMOS Corporation receives a grant of $100,000 Executive Director. has created serious problems for staff migrant housing. Board of Directors, but the request is and self-help and rural rental housing attempting to meet with migrant families. • To request prosecution by the Attorney denied and they resign. Jesus Salas is activities begin in Kenosha, Racine and Salvador Sanchez initiates a series of Migrant housing is also a serious problem • To reduce the amount of time allowed General for violations of the new rules. hired as Executive Director. The Office of Walworth Counties. meetings with other Midwest Migrant and better conditions are demanded. for compliance with migrant housing • To pursue a hearing on and passage Economic Opportunity sends a Farmworker program directors and the code violations. of HB 774 dealing with enforcement of management team which encourages a Dante Navarro gives a voice to Milwaukee Midwest Association of Farmworker A nine-day march to Madison in 1971 • To order the immediate closing of any laws and codes. self-help approach and a new direction. Latino community with the first Spanish- Organizations (MAFO) is created as concludes on August 24th with a language radio program. a unified voice for Midwest migrant meeting with former Governor Patrick camp found to be operating without • To actively recruit Latinos/Hispanics for The philosophy of the organization farmworkers. Lucey. Marchers insist they will not leave certification and request the Attorney public service careers. changes to self-help and advocacy. the Capitol until demands are met. On General to prosecute. August 26, 1971 the Department of • To establish an Executive Policy The design for a self-help housing Industry, Labor and Human Relations Committee on Minority Affairs to program is initiated and UMOS starts commits to the following: the Southeastern Wisconsin Housing work with the Department in drafting Corporation. • To establish an Inspection and necessary changes in laws affecting Enforcement Team to provide overall migrant farmworkers. Federal funding from the Office of coordination and direction to the Economic Opportunity is reduced to agency in the areas of inspection and $900,000. UMOS has year round offices enforcement of laws protecting migrant in Sheboygan, Kenosha, and Milwaukee. farmworkers. A team of outreach workers is sent from Milwaukee to Wautoma and Door County every summer.

6 7 1971 1972 1973 the first grant for emergency food and medical services is received q new offices are opened and target area increases to 32 counties

A family planning program with clinics More diversification for the organization, The migrant work force in the state The Comprehensive Employment and A three-day march to Madison is UMOS’ funding is now at $1.2 million, targeting migrant farmworkers and the and another UMOS office is opened in begins to decline due to mechanization. Training Act (CETA) is passed. Funding organized to demonstrate the need for with contracts from 12 different sources. Hispanic/Latino community are opened Beaver Dam, where a migrant multi- for migrant farmworker programs like day care for migrant farmworker children. Migrant farmworker advocacy is strong. in several UMOS offices. UMOS’ funding purpose center is set up. The office The first grant for emergency food UMOS is transferred from the Office The migrant legal services component UMOS’ Executive Director Salvador from the Office of Economic Opportunity provides comprehensive migrant and medical services is received and of Economic Opportunity to the U.S. expands to include services to the Latino/ Sanchez, and staff members Roman remains stable at $700,000. farmworker services, a family planning 4,190 family members benefit from the Department of Labor. Under CETA, Hispanic community at large. Ramos and Jesus Tellez are arrested clinic and temporary housing for workers program. supportive services that are essential to and jailed in Clyman, Wisconsin for A Migrant Legal Services component is in the mobile homes that make up the migrant farmworker families are de- Under the auspices of the Milwaukee advocating for the rights of African There is a takeover of the Governor’s established and Ness Flores becomes center. emphasized and the focus switches to Area Technical College, a Family Living American migrant farmworkers newly Committee on Migratory Labor. the first Migrant Legal Services Attorney employment and training. and Consumer Homemaking Consortium arrived from Louisiana. at UMOS. Work is begun on drafting new The Department of Transportation Demonstrators insist that the is funded; classes in nutrition, sewing legislation that will offer greater protection and the National Highway Safety membership must include migrant UMOS modifies its infrastructure to and crafts become available at the The Migrant Legal Services component to Wisconsin migrant farmworkers. Administration funds a program to teach farmworkers, as well as the growers increase its capacity to reach migrant Milwaukee UMOS building. The building is transferred to the former Milwaukee drivers education in Spanish at UMOS. currently on the committee. farmworkers. New offices are opened also houses a radio studio which begins Legal Services on Milwaukee’s South in Burlington, and Fond du Lac and the broadcasting in Spanish. Side. (Milwaukee Legal Services later target area increases to 32 counties. became Legal Action of Wisconsin and currently maintains a migrant legal services program).

8 9 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Martinez is hired as executive director q the migrant labor bill is finally passed and offers greater protections q

Salvador Sanchez resigns. Lupe Martinez UMOS receives its first CETA, Title III The State Manpower Council awards Funding continues to increase; the An internal agency analysis of the The U.S. Department of Labor decreases is hired as the fifth Executive Director grant. Expansion continues with the the agency a three year contract to budget is now at $3 million. After years location of migrant farmworkers in the allocations of funds to the states and the for UMOS. Funding continues at $1.2 funding level approaching $1.4 million provide technical assistance and without childcare services for migrant state and their enrollment patterns leads migrant farmworker program funding million; a new program to work with with contracts from 20 different sources. training to thirty-three community based children, a day care center is once UMOS to close several area offices. levels are subsequently reduced. UMOS’ disabled migrant workers is funded by organizations and Native American again opened in the Wautoma area There are now nine area and satellite total operating budget for that year falls the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. The Family Planning Program is reduced program sponsors under CETA. with a limited capacity. The program offices with $4 million available for to $2.4 million. to one clinic in Milwaukee. Childcare, barely meets the need of workers in the services under 23 different programs. The 8th and Greenfield building is a standing program in the UMOS The expanded growth is visually Wautoma area during the summer. The UMOS Board of Directors provides During the summer of 1979 the modified to be more accessible to people building, with funding from the former apparent. At this time UMOS has partial funding for a health study on Department of Labor approaches the with disabilities. CETA is now in place Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), 15 offices across the state including UMOS is asked to conduct the first migrant farmworkers to the University of UMOS Board of Directors to request and programs like UMOS across the is terminated and the statewide early Milwaukee, Green Bay, Beaver Dam, health study of Hispanics in Southeastern Wisconsin-Madison. that UMOS assume administrative country are being transitioned into the childhood development program is Racine, Wautoma, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. responsibility for the operation of the Department of Labor. threatened. Appleton, Kenosha, Stevens Point, Due to increased mechanization over the Iowa and Nebraska migrant farmworker Madison, Richland Center, Oconto, As a result of years of work initiated when years, the number of migrant workers programs. Weekly trips are made to Iowa The target area expands to 46 counties Hartford, Jefferson and Sheboygan. the migrant legal services component migrating to the state decreases to about to keep the program operational during in another period of growth and UMOS awards two subcontracts to La first began, the Migrant Labor bill 8,000; however there is increasing the summer. development. Funding now exceeds Casa de Esperanza in Waukesha and the is finally passed by the Wisconsin discussion about the needs of the 40,000 $2.3 million. Communidad de Amigos in Belgium to legislature. It offers greater protections plus seasonal agricultural workers in the The Madison office develops and expand services to migrant farmworkers. to migrant farmworkers including work state and plans are initiated to better obtains funding, for two new programs; agreements, guaranteed minimum hours serve that population. one designed to teach basic skills in a week, and better overall working and coping with a new environment, and housing conditions. a Farmworker Youth Employment and Training Program designed to offer education and employment skills to youth. Wautoma’s childcare program is expanded to include an additional center. An infant in-home care program located in the migrant camps is started with funding from the Department of Health and Social Services.

10 11 1980 1981 1982 1983 thousand of cubans come to the u.s. and many are migrant farmworkers q congress creates the job training partnership act q

Department of Labor funding is cut UMOS initiates the Annual Hispanic Youth Independent Living Project assists The number of migrants continues to The Comprehensive Employment and UMOS is approached by the Governor’s another 10% and UMOS total funding Awards Banquet to recognize individuals them to learn to live in the . decrease in Wisconsin with estimates Training Act is replaced in Congress with Employment and Training Office to for the year is $2.2 million. UMOS joins from around the state who are making The Adult Cuban Entrant Program as low as 6,000. DOL funds to the the Job Training Partnership Act. Migrant develop a conduit system for funding the Illinois Migrant Council’s Midwest significant contributions to their awarded to UMOS helps adults adjust to organization are again reduced by farmworkers are included for targeted to several other community based Youth Employment and Training Program communities; another annual UMOS the culture and focus on education and 10%. The federal funding sources national funding. UMOS is called upon organizations beginning with the Spanish which enables migrant farmworker youth event, is started; “Breakfast with Santa” employment in the Milwaukee area. are moving toward a system of block to help design new regulations and Centers of Racine, Kenosha and to participate in the Midwest and upon for community children. grants to the states and UMOS staff are performance standards for this JTPA Walworth in November, 1983. their return to Texas. UMOS operates ten Funds for the Midwest Farmworker Youth actively involved with this process to program that will eventually be referred offices statewide this year. Difficult years ensue for many Employment and Training Program are make sure that farmworker interests are to as the 402 program. The area office for the Lake Michigan community based organizations. In an increased and the program expands to represented. area is moved from Manitowoc to Thousands of Cubans leave their country effort to remind the nation about the serve out-of-school as well as in-school A unique undertaking with State funding Appleton to be more centrally located to come to the United States. Many plight of migrant farmworkers, a National youth. Block grants are implemented in forms the Employment Generating within the entire target area being served. are migrant farmworkers and eligible to Day of Mourning is organized. Carlos Wisconsin and UMOS staff work with the Services (EGS) project in Beaver Dam, participate in UMOS programs; UMOS Reyes, UMOS Board Chairman, is at the A home weatherization and fuel State and community action agencies Wautoma and Manitowoc, which The Milwaukee Child Development begins to respond to their needs. forefront organizing the efforts. 5,000 efficiency project is initiated in the across the state to insure that migrant combats unemployment. Management Center closes after 17 years of operation; staff, migrant farmworkers, migrant Milwaukee offices. farmworkers are targeted for community assistance for the purpose of job creation the space does not sit idle for long as the The City of Milwaukee provides UMOS agency board members and volunteers service block grant dollars. A 4% set- is provided to new/expanding employers. La Causa Day Care Center takes over the with $1 million to renovate and upgrade from across the country converge on aside for migrant farmworkers is agreed space and continues child care in the the Greenfield Avenue building in Washington to demonstrate concern on upon. Out of this effort comes the building. Milwaukee. migrant farmworker issues. Comprehensive Crisis Relief Program which will provide emergency shelter, UMOS receives funding to work with food, transportation, car repairs and Cuban youth in Milwaukee County, other services to migrant farmworkers. focusing on education and employment for youth that have come to the United The Milwaukee Center develops two new States without their parents. The Cuban youth projects, an assessment and GED program both, funded by the Milwaukee Area Technical College.

12 13 1984 1985 1986 1987 umos celebrates its 20th anniversary q migrant day care operation receives additional funding q

The UMOS Hispanic CBO Employment UMOS celebrates its 20th Anniversary. Madison, Wautoma, Appleton, Manitowoc UMOS’ private sector staff in Madison The Roundy’s Plant in Kaukauna, UMOS transfers the administration of the and Training Consortium expands and Green Bay. A special education assists with the funding and development Wisconsin shuts down and UMOS is Consumer and Homemaking Consortium to include in Jefferson and UMOS’ Milwaukee Center begins a short project is started in the Milwaukee Center of the Madison Incubator for Technology awarded a Title III Dislocated Workers to the Council for the Spanish Speaking. Comunidad de Amigos in Sheboygan. order cook training program funded by to concentrate on adults with special Development. When the incubator is Re-employment Project in the Northern UMOS applies for and is awarded Office the Milwaukee Area Technical College. needs including speech impediments, funded, UMOS provides management Lake Winnebago area to assist workers. The Bureau of Corrections program for of Community Services funding for learning disabilities, mental and physical services for the incubator and the training and placement of individuals on UMOS initiates a customized job training an Employment Generating Services limitations. individual companies located therein. The Wisconsin Department of Health probation and parole receives a funding program throughout the state. It provides program to assist migrant farmworkers and Social Services provides increased increase. a unique attraction for employers— in attaining self-sufficiency through job UMOS receives a grant from the Bureau The Office of Community Services funds funding for migrant day care. Staff training a group of workers in a The U.S. Department of Labor JTPA creation. Other employment and training of Community Corrections to assist a migrant farmworker apprenticeship coordinate activities with the Texas classroom setting followed by on-the-job Title IV program changes its funding related projects include On-the-Job individuals with felony convictions to project designed to provide long term Migrant Council to cover areas and time training, all on site at the employer. allocation process and UMOS becomes Training in Milwaukee County and a obtain employment. employment through apprenticeship periods when Migrant Head Start is not a subcontractor of the Department of similar program in the Manitowoc office. training in high demand occupations. available. The conduit system with the Hispanic Industry, Labor and Human Relations for community based employment and Milwaukee’s manufacturing base loses the operation of this program. training agencies continues; UMOS thousands of high paying jobs in the offices are located in Milwaukee, early 80s, leaving a workforce that needs to be become re-employed with different skills. UMOS becomes part of a city wide effort to provide education and training opportunities under the JTPA Dislocated Workers Program.

14 15 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 the migrant day care program serves 295 children in 12 counties q the migrant head start program opens serving children in 3 counties q

The Centers for Disease Control Funding level is $2.6 million. UMOS UMOS embarks on its first economic UMOS leases a migrant labor camp in The Office of Community Services funds The Aurora Center provides temporary provides funds for HIV prevention celebrates its 25th anniversary. Offices development venture, forming a Aurora, Wisconsin. With 16 housing a non-traditional program for women; a shelter to over 500 migrant farmworkers education to minority CBOs; UMOS are now located in Milwaukee, Kenosha, subsidiary for-profit corporation, Home- units providing housing to 481 Women’s Entrepreneurial Training Project and family members. Staff recognize submits an application to provide HIV Madison, Appleton, Green Bay, Sparta, Aide of Fox Valley, Inc., purchasing a individuals its first season in operation, is funded to provide migrant farmworker a need for additional units as well as a prevention education outreach to migrant Richland Center, Beaver Dam and Merry Maids franchise in Appleton. June – September, 1991. Funds for women with technical assistance needed need for rural rental housing and begin farmworkers in Wisconsin, Illinois, Wautoma. The Board begins to talk the renovation and preparation of the to start their own businesses. to discuss these needs with the Farmers Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, and seriously about economic development Migrant Day Care expansion continues center are provided by the Office of Home Administration. Nebraska through migrant farmworker and staff begins to research various with proposals submitted to the Housing and Urban Development A GATES Project for English as a Second programs in those states. The Midwest business ventures for UMOS. Wisconsin Department of Health and (HUD) Emergency Shelter Grant Language is added and funded by the Several new programs are added Regional Migrant Farmworker HIV Social Services and Washington for direct Program administered by the Wisconsin Milwaukee County Private Industry to the UMOS health promotion and Prevention Education Consortium is The Midwest Regional Migrant funding of a Migrant Head Start Program Department of Administration. The Council as part of the State’s welfare disease prevention component which formed and receives funding as the Farmworker AIDS Prevention Education in Wisconsin. shelter becomes known as the reform initiative. is known as Special Projects. These vehicle for delivering HIV prevention. Consortium is off to a solid start. During Aurora Center. include the Hispanic Adolescent Another program is added to the The organization’s funding level for this The agreement with the CDC is for a five a nine month period in 1989, staff in Pregnancy Prevention Intervention Milwaukee health related initiatives. year tops $3 million. year period and marks the beginning of the six consortium states provide HIV UMOS receives its first contract for a projects in Milwaukee and Kenosha, The Hispanic Access Network Delivery UMOS’ involvement in health promotion prevention education to over 23,000 Migrant Head Start Program which and Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse System (HANDS) focuses on access and disease prevention education. migrant farmworkers. In Wisconsin, opens for the summer in Endeavor, Prevention project targeted to children the Consortium project serves as the issues in Milwaukee county providing WI, serving children from Marquette, and teens, a Nutrition Education and The Migrant Day Care Program continues foundation for several new projects this translation, transportation, advocacy, Adams and Columbia Counties. This Outreach Network project, and an HIV to grow serving 295 children in 12 year including the Multi-Cultural AIDS referral and case management services increases UMOS’ capacity to provide Multicultural Case Management and counties. Project targeting HIV/STD prevention for developmentally disabled, physically child development services and day care Support Program. education to women and adolescents in or mentally ill Hispanic persons. for children, while continuing to work A Migrant Rehabilitation Project is Southeastern Wisconsin. At the request Milwaukee Consortium staff provide closely with the Texas Migrant Council funded by the Division of Vocational of the Centers for Disease Control, training on quality health care and which provides staff to Wisconsin for the Rehabilitation to refer workers with Consortium staff provide technical advocacy for rural populations to 39 operation of multiple Migrant Head Start disabilities for training and rehabilitation. assistance and training in Wisconsin, Guatemalan Rural Health Promoters over sites. Indiana, Kansas, Ohio and Arizona. a 2-1/2 month period.

16 17 1992 1993 1994 texas migrant council subcontracts with umos q aurora center emergency housing center expands q

Funding is obtained to start a statewide The Texas Migrant Council enters into a A building at 929 W. Mitchell Street is UMOS is invited to submit a proposal for There is significant expansion in the The Aurora Center breaks ground for workplace literacy program. UMOS is subcontract with UMOS to operate the purchased for the Milwaukee Center, another five-year Cooperative Agreement Migrant Head Start program with over the construction of an additional 16 awarded a contract to assist people Migrant Headstart Program in Wisconsin. with the administrative offices temporarily with the Centers for Disease Control and $700,000 in new funds provided units. The 16 units will provide additional receiving public assistance to obtain The center opens with a 12 hour day to relocating to a different office. Prevention and is successful in obtaining from the Department of Health and temporary housing for families. For the education, training and employment. accommodate parents working in the a technical assistance and training Human Services. A second Merry first time in the nation, the Farmers UMOS is responsible for assessment, fields. Seven child care centers open Floods plague Wisconsin and the program for the Midwest Consortium. Maids franchise in Neenah/Menasha is Home Administration is allowing a project case management and placement, and that year in addition to the 45 in-home Midwest. Migrant farmworkers are The Consortium has now expanded to purchased. to be used for both temporary shelter the Career Advancement Center (CAC) is child care providers under the Migrant unable to work and their incomes drop. include five new states; Indiana, with and seasonal rental units for migrant implemented. Day car, Program. Services are provided The requests for supportive services Florida and Texas for Kansas Iowa, The Office of Community Services funds farmworkers. The Aurora Center is in a total of I5 counties with funding increase. Many decide not to stay in interstate case tracking. The CDC asks a joint venture between UMOS and promoted as a national model for states UMOS sells its home of 24 years at exceeding $3.7 million. Wisconsin due to lack of work but their that the Consortium expand its focus the State of Wisconsin Department of with similar problems in farmworker 809 W. Greenfield Ave. in Milwaukee pursuit of work in other Midwest states to include STDs and TB and the group Development to promote job creation in housing. Staff begin to look at replication to La Causa Day Care center. Another yields the same negative results. becomes the Midwest Farmworker the Wisconsin Enterprise Zones. at more sites within the state. UMOS new program starts as a result of the HIV/STD/TB Prevention Education obtains nearly $1 million for construction The Career Advancement Center Immigration Reform and Control Act of Consortium. and rental subsidies for the Center. There becomes part of a larger employment 1986. is discussion about building a Head Start and training plan for Milwaukee County Center on site. SLIAG (State Legalization Impact and is moved into the HIRE Center on Assistance Grant) funds are made Milwaukee’s south side. There they available to provide instruction in civics work in coordination with staff from the and government to enable people to AFL-CIO Job Service, the Food Stamp meet the educational requirements for Program and others. The beginnings of permanent resident status. Classes are one-stop shopping for employment and held in numerous locations across the training services in Milwaukee County state. begins.

18 19 1994 1995 1996 floods plague wisconsin and the request for supportive services increases q the hiv teen mentor program expands to help 40 teens q

As a result of the Midwest flooding Under the Special Projects component, a After two years of classes under The spring of 1995 marks the opening of Special federal initiatives provided A new program was started in our certain counties are designated as teen mentor HIV training and education SLIAG, the Department of Health the expanded Aurora Center and UMOS’ expansion dollars for the construction Health Promotion/Disease Prevention disaster areas; Wisconsin receives funds outreach program is funded by the and Social Services funds an anti- 30th birthday on March 25, 1995. of a new modular Migrant Head Start component to address the issue of to provide flood relief, and the Wisconsin Wisconsin Division of Health and the discrimination and employer education facility at the Aurora Center housing domestic violence. Housing staff actively seek additional Department of Health and Social Department of Public Instruction; project to disseminate information to development for the children of families sites for new temporary shelters Services provides some of those funds HIV testing is provided to migrant employers and workers regarding the staying at the Center. This was one of the UMOS, through its operation of a one- patterned after the Aurora Center. to UMOS. Migrant farmworkers whose farmworkers in the field funded by the anti-discrimination provisions of the first combinations of emergency shelter/ stop job center, began to prepare for incomes were affected by the floods Wisconsin Division of Health. An HIV Immigration Reform and Control Act. There is continued expansion under head start center in the nation located on changes in federal and state welfare are eligible to receive special financial Case Finding Initiative is funded by the Special Projects with a Pesticide the same property. reform initiatives. assistance as well as counseling and City of Milwaukee Health Department Funding in 1994 reaches $7 million Education Training Project funded by the case management to help them through targeting high-risk behaviors, the first of dollars with more than 30 grants and Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Our Employment and Training program difficult times and periods of loss. its kind in Wisconsin. contracts. and expansion of HIV prevention, case provided services to over 2,000 management, technical assistance, individuals, resulting in employment for

The Wisconsin Department of Health training and advocacy components. The over 1,500 individuals. and Social Services approaches UMOS HIV Teen Mentor Program expands to 40 to become the lead and fiscal agent teens with funding from the Milwaukee for the JOBS program on Milwaukee’s Foundation. South Side. A new statewide Work Place Literacy project is funded by the Office of The Career Advancement Center Community Services. moves from 838 W. National to its new facilities at 611 W. National Avenue, in Milwaukee. Funding tops $8 million. UMOS Celebrates 30th Anniversary (1965-1995).

20 21 1997 1998 1999 2000 umos selected as a welfare reform agency q the startfresh™ program is implemented q

UMOS applied for and was awarded a Funding increased 66%. UMOS subcontracted over $1.5 million to UMOS attained a two-year, $37 million Grant services rendered increased to UMOS moves One-Stop Job Center from two-year $51 million contract with the other Milwaukee area Community Based contract renewal from the State of $20 million. 611 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin to administer the A new migrant housing facility, known as Organizations and other agencies to Wisconsin, Department of Workforce to 910 West Mitchell Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Works (W-2) welfare reform the UMOS Montello Center, opened in assist with W-2 implementation. Development to administer the W-2, Cinco de Mayo festival moved to the to offer greater client convenience and program in region two of Milwaukee Montello, Wisconsin. Eight farmworker welfare reform program in Milwaukee Wisconsin State Fair Park with record efficiency. County. rental housing units were made available. Migrant Head Start and Migrant Day Care County. attendance. expanded operations to Spring Lake, A new office is opened in Weslaco, Texas. UMOS acquired a new building located A new Migrant Head Start operation was Wisconsin. A new program, StartFresh™ was A Migrant Farmworker Day celebration at 1644 South 9th Street in Milwaukee added to the Montello Center. Migrant implemented to assist non-custodial was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. UMOS, in conjunction with the Council to accommodate W-2 program service Head Start opens new regional office in UMOS received a $125,000 multi-state parents with employment and training for the Spanish Speaking, distribute Umos was awarded a $4.2 million grant delivery and staff. Oshkosh, Wisconsin. housing consortium grant to provide opportunities. Thanksgiving food boxes to 1,200 technical assistance to five midwestern from the U.S. Department of Labor to families. Renovations were made to an UMOS achieved the greatest percentage states. A W-2 job fair was held to connect job implement a Welfare to Work program existing building located at 802/804 of W-2 caseload reductions among seekers with employers. linking Texas, Wisconsin and Minnesota. An agreement is initiated with the West Mitchell Street, Milwaukee, to Milwaukee County agencies. A new satellite office was opened in University of Wisconsin System to deliver The UMOS Migrant Head Start program accommodate agency growth. St. Cloud, Minnesota. A state-wide Hispanic Housing a model Distance Learning Program to Partnership was established in received a $233,600 start-up grant to migrant families throughout Wisconsin. A new migrant housing facility was Minnesota. serve seasonal migrant workers in the under development for Montello, Palmyra, Wisconsin area. Wisconsin. A new modular Migrant Head Start operation, located in Montello, Wisconsin, was under construction.

22 23 2000 2001 2002 2003 umos becomes the largest w-2 agency in the state of wisconsin q the first ever el pueblo hispano conference is held q

UMOS receives a housing consortium National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Received funding to operate a High Received approval to begin $800,000 Received a $50,000 grant through the Received national recognition for the grant to provide technical assistance to honors UMOS with the National Affiliate School Equivalency Program (HEP) in renovation on the Claremont Housing efforts of Attorney General Jim Doyle, UMOS Latina Resource Center with the nonprofit and other organizations within a of the Year Award at the 2001 national Minnesota. Center, Claremont, Minnesota. now Governor of the State of Wisconsin, award of a grant from the Annie E. Casey 15-state area. conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. for the Latina Resource Center. Foundation. Returned over $500,000 to the Opened the School of Organized Wisconsin Hispanic HIV Grant revenues increase by 6%. Milwaukee community through tax Excellence in Racine, Wisconsin. Held the first ever El Pueblo Hispano Purchased 117,000 square foot building Leadership Summit. preparation assistance and the Earned Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. for use as new corporate headquarters A second region in Milwaukee County to Income Tax Program (EITC). Secured $400,000 Texas workforce and education, training and banquet UMOS adds over $2 million to existing provide Wisconsin Works (W-2), welfare development grant. Completed construction of new Migrant facility. grants. reform services is secured, making Distributed 3,000 bags of supplies at the Head Start Center in Beaver Dam UMOS the largest W-2 agency in the UMOS Back to School Fair. Received $1.6 million funding approval Wisconsin. UMOS receives $100,000 economic Celebrates 35th Anniversary State of Wisconsin. to operate new Migrant Head Start development grant from the Wisconsin (1965-2000). operations in Kansas and Missouri. Received award of recognition from Housing Economic Development Opened new office in Crookston, Milwaukee Common Council President. Authority. Minnesota. Formed a for-profit partnership, WorkForce Resources, with the National Secured new child care grant in Texas. Continued to provide supportive services Council of La Raza. to victims of domestic violence through Formed a strategic alliance with Coalition the UMOS Latina Resource Center, the of Florida Farmworker Organizations only center in Wisconsin that targets (COFFO). Hispanic women.

24 25 2004 2005 2006 new corporate headquarters q celebrates 40th anniversary q Job Center-Southeast moves into UMOS Center q

Graduated first class of High School Held groundbreaking ceremony and Secured $9.7 million grant to operate Completed renovations of new corporate Secured record number of job The UMOS SSI/SSDI Advocacy Agency Equivalency Program (HEP) students in began construction on new corporate third Wisconsin Works (W-2) welfare headquarters at the UMOS Center. placements for clients through our has consistently been rated highest Minnesota. headquarters. reform region in Milwaukee County. Workforce Development division. among all Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Signed long term lease agreement with W-2 agencies in both performance and Served a record number of McDonald’s Organized 33 Annual Mexican Organized the 15th Annual Cinco de the first bilingual Department of Motor Awarded the Social Security Insurance customer satisfaction (according to the breakfasts to parents and kids and Independence Parade and Festival, Mayo Festival. Vehicle Service Center in Wisconsin, to (SSI) contract, making UMOS the sole Wisconsin Department of Workforce distributed over 1,500 gift boxes at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin. occupy space at the new UMOS Center. service agency in Milwaukee County, development “Green Flag Reports”). annual “Breakfast with Santa”. Held Career fairs at Job Centers – North Wisconsin. Hosted 24th Annual Hispanic Awards and South – attracting 1,800 job seekers. Held annual Back to School Fair. UMOS Job Center-Southeast moved into Continued to entertain tours from around Banquet. Awarded the National Farmworker Jobs the 120,000 square foot UMOS Center. world, including the Governor of Puebla, UMOS administrative staff moves into Held annual Cinco de Mayo Festival, Program contract in Missouri. Mexico, at the UMOS Job Center-South, Secured $10 million grant award to new corporate headquarters. for the first time on the UMOS Center The Department of Motor Vehicles moved the most utilized job center in Wisconsin. operate another Wisconsin Works (W-2) grounds. Awarded Child Care Services contract in the first bilingual service center in the UMOS holds first spring W-2 graduation welfare reform region in Milwaukee Laredo, Texas for the second year. state of Wisconsin into the UMOS Center. Maintained position as Wisconsin’s County. ceremony. Served a record 2,000 kids and parents largest Hispanic-managed, nonprofit at annual Breakfast with Santa event. Maintained leadership position as the Ben Obregon is elected chairman of the Celebrates 40th Anniversary (1965- organization. Opened new housing office in Houston, largest Wisconsin Works (W-2) welfare UMOS board of directors. Texas. 2005) with a “Reunion to Remember” Awarded another Wisconsin Works (W-2), reform agency in Wisconsin. Banquet. welfare reform contract, keeping UMOS the largest welfare reform provider in the UMOS collaborated with City of state of Wisconsin. Milwaukee and County Transit System to establish a bus route that drops off/ picks up job seekers at the UMOS Comprehensive One-Stop Job Center.

26 27 2006 2007 2008 2009 umos named agency of the year q q umos responds to the need for immigration services q

Had record attendance at the 2006 Awarded new contracts, in partnership Assisted 2,978 job seekers in finding Recognized as the W-2 Agency of the Held graduation ceremonies for over 80 The formation of Community Services UMOS Cinco de Mayo SpringFest. with the Kaiser Group, to operate three family supporting employment. Year by Community Youth Development, GED, HSED graduates. Block Grant Advisory Committee (CSBG) job centers in the state of Kansas. a Milwaukee nonprofit agency. went into affect to oversee the planning, Celebrated the 26th Annual UMOS Provided child care services to 894 Held four job fairs, attracting over 2,700 budgeting, implementation and analysis Hispanic Awards Banquet honoring Placed over 4,900 job seekers into children and their families, allowing Strengthened affiliations with national job seekers, with 60% of entry level of over $400,000 in funding and the Hispanic Man, Woman, Youth and employment in Milwaukee County, parents to work with peace of mind. organizations and networks such as positions including benefits. program efforts. Family of the Year. Wisconsin. UFW, NCLR, National Farmworker UMOS Latina Resource Center staff Alliance, and MAFO (a national Served breakfast and provided gifts to In anticipation of comprehensive Served 2,000+ kids and parents at the Named W-2 agency of the year by the provided domestic violence supportive partnership of rural and farmworker over 2,000 families at annual Breakfast immigration reform legislation at the Annual Breakfast with Santa event. Community Youth Development Agency. services to over 300 women to assist organizations). With Santa event. federal level, UMOS adds an Immigration them to live in a safer and more peaceful Services Program. The program provides Started construction on leased space for Awarded a “gold” certificate of Remained Wisconsin’s largest W-2, environment. The UMOS SSIA agency served an low-cost, family-based immigration the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation excellence for program performance welfare reform agency in the state. additional 289 participants for a 36% services. for spring 2007 occupancy at the UMOS from the Federal Office of Head Start. Provided emergency, temporary and increase over the previous year while Assisted over 1,500 participants in the Center. Only two gold certificates were awarded seasonal affordable housing to 232 consistently being rated highest in UMOS leases remaining space at UMOS basic adult education program. in the nation among the 2,100 Head families. customer satisfaction among its W-2 the 117,000 UMOS Center to Social Distributed school supplies to over 1,300 Start and 26 Migrant and Seasonal Head clients throughout Milwaukee County. Provided school supplies to 2,500 Development Corporation (SDC), a kids at UMOS Back to School Fair. Start operators. Assisted 373 migrant and seasonal children during Back to School fair. well respected nonprofit agency in farmworkers in finding employment Held open house for a newly renovated, Maintained position as the largest Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Purchased a 16-unit apartment complex through the National Farmworker Jobs 16-unit UMOS Jefferson Apartments Hispanic-managed, nonprofit agency in Held first Little Miss Cinco de Mayo from La Raza Farm Labor Housing, Inc. Program, implemented in Wisconsin and in Jefferson, Wisconsin, providing Wisconsin. Pageant. in Jefferson, Wisconsin. Missouri. year-round affordable housing for area families. Organized first ever “Bride’s Walk” in Wisconsin against domestic violence.

28 29 2009 2010 2011 umos celebrates 45th anniversary q q umos responds to the need for immigration services q

UMOS cancels Annual Cinco de Mayo UMOS celebrates 45th anniversary. UMOS receives a performance-based UMOS works with 250 employers in The UMOS Teen Tobacco Advisory Juan M. Lopez is selected as the UMOS SpringFest due to the swine flue (H1N1) contract to operate the Transitional Jobs Wisconsin and Missouri to place 615 Council provides 2,500 hours of tobacco Employee of the Year. outbreak. At the time, Wisconsin UMOS enters Program in Milwaukee, funded by the National Farmworker Jobs Participants prevention and education information to (Milwaukee) had the highest number of its 14th year of Wisconsin Department of Children and into more stable work situations: truck 3,820 teens in Milwaukee. The Child Development division opened confirmed cases in the nation. operating the Families. The program provides job drivers, heavy truck drivers, machinist, new infant and toddler classrooms in Wisconsin Works seekers with temporary, subsidized, welders, CNAs clerical, assembly workers The UMOS Latina Resource Center Malden, Missouri. Migrant Head Start UMOS was selected as the site for a pilot (W-2) workforce work experience while meeting employer and painters. holds its 5th Annual Brides Walk Against moved into a newly renovated facility in accelerated GED program by Milwaukee development employment needs. Domestic Violence. Lexington, Missouri. Area Technical College. UMOS also program. In Through the Community Crisis Relief becomes a certified GED testing center, the midst of The UMOS GED Education Program (CCR) funding in Wisconsin, UMOS Salvador Carranza was selected as the The UMOS Latina Resource Center with a record number of GED graduates an economic graduates 228 students, a 26% increase assists 2,078 migrant and seasonal 2010 UMOS Hispanic Man of the Year, touched the lives of 1,800 adults, youth in 2009. downturn in the nation’s economy, the over the previous year. farmworker individuals and families with Gloria Gonzalez as the UMOS Hispanic and children, an 80% increase since the W-2 caseload increases by nearly 60% in emergency food, gas, lodging, car repairs Woman of the Year, Alejandro Cortes, Center’s conception. Claudia Frias is selected as the 2009 the UMOS Job Center. Lupe Martinez and senior staff members and other needs. UMOS Hispanic Youth of the Year and Employee of the Year. travel to Missouri to hold roundtable Juan and Martha Andrade and Family as The UMOS HIV/AIDS program was UMOS celebrates the 30th year of the discussions with migrant families to UMOS opens an office in Racine, the UMOS Hispanic Family of the Year. recognized by the State Health Lupe Martinez, celebrated 40 years of Hispanic Awards Banquet. determine the impacts of flooding and Wisconsin to serve the migrant Department as the number two testing service to UMOS, 35 years as President/ other weather related disasters. farmworker population in the area. Victoria Piñeda was selected as the site in Wisconsin. ceo. The UMOS food pantry assisted 35,800 UMOS Employee of the Year adults and children with their emergency UMOS receives its first Rescue and A total of 249 students, the highest in Mexican Independence Festival is moved food needs. Restore Human Trafficking Outreach UMOS history, obtained their GED/HSED to the UMOS Center from Mitchell Park. Grant in the state of Missouri. In with the help of the education team. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, UMOS staff participates in a press conference to announce the prosecution of the first human trafficking allegation in the state.

30 31 2011 2012 2013

GED education accomplishments are another step, not the final step “UMOS helped my children get ready to enter the public school system.” q q — Migrant Head Start Parent q

The UMOS Immigration Services UMOS was awarded $300,000 in Juan Jose Lopez was re-elected as the Alfonzo Gardner was selected as the Staff provided HIV testing and outreach The UMOS W-2 workforce development Program changes its name to UMOS Wisconsin Workers Wins (W-3) funding UMOS Board Chair. UMOS Employee of the year. to more than 1,000 persons in the was the top overall performer among W-2 Immigration Legal Services. UMOS’ first by the Department of Workforce Milwaukee county area. agencies in Milwaukee County. Staff at Immigration Legal Services client was Development. Pedro Albiter was selected as the 2012 The UMOS Latina Resource Center the UMOS Job Center, on average, now granted Legal Permanent Resident Status UMOS Hispanic Man of the Year, Jessica held its 7th Annual Brides Walk Against Workforce Development staff served assists 20,000 customers per month. by the U.S. Customs and Immigration UMOS participates in a National Cavazos as the UMOS Hispanic Woman Domestic Violence with more than over 3,000 job seekers each month Service. Farmworker Alliance briefing, hosted by of the Year, Daniela Cortes, UMOS 300 women, men, youth and children through various workforce development Ruben Burgos was selected as the 2013 President Barack Obama’s White House Hispanic Youth of the Year and Osvaldo participating; a 33% increase. programs. The W-2 workforce UMOS Hispanic Man of the Year, Maria A new office in Kenosha, Wisconsin staff. Romo-West and Family as the UMOS development staff placed over 1,000 Castrejon-Perez as the UMOS Hispanic was opened to operate a new grant: the Hispanic Family of the Year. The Home Energy Assistance Program eligible parents into unsubsidized Woman of the Year, Mayra Alaniz, UMOS Home Energy Assistance Program. Nelson Soler was selected as the 2011 assisted 6,649 customers in Kenosha, employment. The Transitional Jobs Hispanic Youth of the Year, and Jimmy UMOS Hispanic Man of the Year, Sandra The Child Development Division Wisconsin. Program staff exceeded its performance and Elena Castaneda and Family as the UMOS staff placed more than 1,000 Rybacheck as the UMOS Hispanic enhanced the Wisconsin Migrant and goals with the help of three partner UMOS Hispanic Family of the Year. The UMOS Food Pantry distributed 515, eligible parents into unsubsidized Woman of the Year, Mario Alberto Gomez Seasonal Head Start services with agencies: Milwaukee Urban League, 512 pounds of food to those in need. employment, a 56% increase over Juarez, UMOS Hispanic Youth of the supplemental hours and days of service. Northcott Neighborhood House and last year through the Wisconsin Works Year and Jesse and Celia and Family as The housing department provided Silver Spring Neighborhood Center. (W-2) program. The UMOS Transitional the UMOS Hispanic Family of the Year. Migrant Day Care changed its name to technical assistance and WIA 167 pass Jobs Program placed more job seeker the Migrant Child Care Program. through funds to help develop 41 units participants into unsubsidized jobs than The tobacco program organized the first of multifamily housing for farmworkers in any other provider in Milwaukee County, Smoke-Free Wisconsin celebration event. Aberdeen, South Dakota, and 30 units in resulting in an additional $3 million grant Fairbault, Minnesota. extension.

32 33 2013 2014 2015 Strategic Planning. Strong Performance q qUMOS hosts its 50th anniversary before an audience of 1,000 q

UMOS Board and Staff participate in The UMOS Latina Resource Center UMOS regularly hosts faith-based Jose Ruano was selected as the 2014 Lupe Martinez, President/CEO UMOS, UMOS and Lupe Martinez were annual strategic planning retreat in touched the lives of 2,000 adults, youth, and community partner luncheons UMOS Hispanic Man of the Year, Dora serves as Interim Chair of the Wisconsin recognized by the American Heart Fontana, Wisconsin. and children through nine different with special guest speakers: U.S. Zuniga as the UMOS Hispanic Woman Council on Migrant Labor. This Council, Association-Milwaukee for dedication to programs. Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Wisconsin of the Year, Caroline Maria Dannecker, formerly known as the Governor’s the community. The UMOS Child Development Division Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, UMOS Hispanic Youth of the Year, and Committee on Migratory Labor, was continued to provide environments and UMOS began the first year of a multi- Department of Corrections Secretary, Pedro Martinez and Family as the UMOS formed in the mid 1960s. The Governor’s Lupe Martinez received the Bravo opportunities that allow families and million dollar performance-based Ed Wall, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Hispanic Family of the Year. Committee on Migratory Labor was taken Entrepreneur’s Award from BizTimes children to develop their full potential. contract as one of two agencies selected Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele. over by demonstrators in 1972 who Magazine (Milwaukee). Children, families and communities have to operate the Governor’s Transform Vangpao Lee was selected as the UMOS insisted that the Committee members be UMOS was recognized by the Milwaukee historically been at the center of UMOS Milwaukee Jobs Program. UMOS staff worked with 52 persons Employee of the Year in 2014. comprised of migrant farmworkers, as Historical Society for 50 years of service. core commitments. Children in the child identified by law enforcement agencies well as agricultural growers. Today, the The housing staff provided technical Lupe Martinez received the Lifetime development program showed gains in and partner agencies as victims of Wisconsin Council on Migrant Labor, as assistance and funding to help complete Achievement Award from the Hispanic Lupe Martinez received recognition for each Head Start development domain. human trafficking. it is now known, is a statutory council 30-units of multifamily, affordable Professionals of Greater Milwaukee for 46 years of service and UMOS received comprised of UMOS and other migrant Jose Martinez was selected as the UMOS housing, in Minnesota. The amount of food distributed through 45 years of service at UMOS, 40 years as recognition for 50 years of service from and seasonal farmworker advocacy Employee of the Year in 2013. the food pantry increased to 571,801 president/CEO. the Wisconsin Social Services Association. agencies and individuals, agricultural Over 7,000 customers were helped with pounds. To engage the entire family and increase home energy assistance. UMOS hosts Annual Farmworker growers, food processors and other agri- UMOS Celebrates its 50th Anniversary. participation, 12 fatherhood activities Appreciation Day Picnic for over 400 businesses, Republican and Democratic were hosted by Migrant Head Start staff. migrant farmworker families, friends, Legislators, as well as representatives vendors and elected officials. from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Lupe Martinez received the 2014 Legacy Award from Omega School for 45 years of service to the community.

34 35 2016 2017 2018 UMOS OPENS OFFICE IN FLORIDA CITY, FLORIDA q qPERFORMANCE BASED, DATA DRIVEN, CUSTOMER FOCUSED q

UMOS cuts ribbon to open a new office Food Pantry distributed 823,000 pounds The UMOS Child Development Division UMOS was awarded the grant to UMOS added a ninth corporate event: The Community Learning Center After in Florida City, Florida, adding to the of food to those in need. is designed to meet the needs of migrant implement the Home Energy Assistance Cerveceros Tailgate in conjunction with School Program was one of three states of Minnesota, Missouri, Texas, and and seasonal farm-working families by Program in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Brewers Major League Milwaukee Public School programs, Wisconsin. The Comprehensive Crisis Relief program offering a wide variety of services that serving 6,752 households. Baseball Team. out of 58, recognized by the Wisconsin in Wisconsin, funded through the includes center early care and education Department of Public Instruction for the UMOS believes a comprehensive Community Services Block Grant, served services. UMOS remains the only nonprofit For the fourth consecutive year, UMOS success of its “intentional classroom approach to workforce development over 1,900 farmworker individuals and performance-based contractor in was the top performing Milwaukee design and professional development” means substantial employer family members. UMOS Migrant Head Start staff were Milwaukee, Wisconsin that operates the agency to support customers in obtaining initiative. engagement, deep community selected by the National Migrant and Wisconsin Works (W-2) program; all disability benefits from the Social Security connections, career advancement, UMOS’ Social Services Division Seasonal Head Start Association to others are for-profit corporations. Administration. The U.S. Department of Justice, Office human service supports, as well as philosophy is to complement other participate in a pilot program to help on Violence Against Women, awarded industry-driven education and training. UMOS divisions and programs by taking develop nationwide training materials to Over 240,000 customers and clients The National Farmworker Jobs Program UMOS and its partner, LOTUS Legal a holistic approach in removing barriers be used by Community Health Centers. entered through the UMOS Job Center in Missouri, funded by the U.S. Clinic, a 3-year, Legal Assistance for UMOS was awarded a $4 million that impede personal and professional doors for services. Department of Labor, was ranked as one Victims grant to address the needs of TechHire grant and an historic workforce aspirations. UMOS maintained its prestigious five- of the top performing programs in the non-intimate partner sexual assault/ After serving as a Delegate Grantee development partnership was established star rating in YoungStar by the Bureau nation. human trafficking victims. This grant The UMOS Latina Resource/Immigration for Migrant and Seasonal Head Start between the Menominee Nation and of Quality Improvement, Division of gives UMOS the opportunity to provide Legal Services provided 100 VAWA Program under contract with Teaching, UMOS served as the lead agency for UMOS. Early Care and Education, Wisconsin these specific services throughout eligibility screenings and consults. Mentoring Communities (TMC) for the Wisconsin Hispanic Latino Tobacco Department of Children and Families. Wisconsin. UMOS successfully competed for and decades, UMOS finally gained Interim Prevention Network. UMOS was selected to host the 2016 was awarded two additional “Transitional Grantee status to serve a portion of Participants completing the National National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness UMOS was awarded a third Transitional Jobs” performance-based workforce Wisconsin as an independent agency. Farmworker Jobs Program in Missouri Day by The Wisconsin Division of Public Jobs Program grant to serve four development contracts for $2.3 million UMOS applies to be the regular Grantee earned 26% higher wages than the Health. additional counties in Central Wisconsin. for Southeastern and North East after the interim period ends. national program performance goals. Wisconsin. UMOS Housing Staff helped nonprofit UMOS adds the Back to School event Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dipped The UMOS/Pearson Vue GED Test Center consortium partners start 53 new units of to its list of corporate and community to 2.8%. UMOS W-2 staff served 2,571 ranked No. 1 in Southeast of Wisconsin. farm labor housing. events, distributing 500 back packs filled participants, placing 956 into meaningful with school supplies. employment.

36 37 CANCELLED IN 2020

2018 2019 2020 ARKANSAS BECOMES THE SIXTH STATE OF OPERATIONS q UMOS turns 55 q q

The UMOS Health Promotions UMOS W-2 Staff were recognized as The UMOS Breakfast with Santa event The UMOS Latina Resource Center and Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Department continued to use the latest the number one program performer in sets a record by providing almost 3,000 Health Promotions Department moves UMOS cancels many events: FunFest, detection technology in the fight against Milwaukee, Wisconsin by the Wisconsin kids and parents with a free McDonald's into the UMOS Center consolidating Cerveceros Tailgate, Mexican HIV. Department of Children and Families. breakfast and wrapped gift from Santa. most Milwaukee, Wisconsin provided Independence Parade and Festival, programs and services under one roof. Hispanic Awards Banquet. The UMOS TechHire Program partnered The UMOS Migrant and Seasonal Head UMOS partners with the University with local companies in the Milwaukee Start Program was awarded two contracts of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to develop UMOS National Farmworker Jobs UMOS receives $1 million in funding for area, the Wisconsin Department of for $3.1 million to serve 206 children in assessment tools and implement Program staff distribute personal farmworkers from an anonymous donor Corrections and Milwaukee Area Arkansas and the Missouri Bootheel. practices that better serve clients with protection equipment (PPE) to migrant advised fund at The Chicago Community Technical College, to develop a mental health issues. farmworkers due to the COVID-19 Foundation. customized Computer Numerically Maria Watts served as interim board pandemic, while the food pantry accepts Controlled Operators training program chair. Ben Obregon was elected board UMOS Job Center and other programs donations to meet the 177% increase in UMOS celebrates its 55th anniversary. for those currently incarcerated that chair at the UMOS Annual Corporation had over 300,000 customer contacts. community food assistance demands, could lead to careers earning $30,000 to Meeting in July 2019. also due to COVID-19. Lupe Martinez, President and Chief $55,000 per year upon release. LULAC National selects UMOS to host Executive Officer, celebrates 50 years of Sold the property located at 1644 South a press conference in the corporate service with UMOS. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. headquarters board room to kick off their 2019 national conference in Milwaukee, Paid off the $7 million mortgage on the Wisconsin. UMOS Center and headquarters: 6 years ahead of schedule.

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